Portugal

Regional authorities in the Madeira Islands have expanded a marine protected area to create what they said is the largest fully protected marine reserve in Europe and the North Atlantic with a total area of 2.677 km²

HiFly, a Portuguese international airliner, has landed the first ever Airbus A340 in Antarctica on a test round trip from Cape Town, South Africa, were the carrier will be operating flights for scientists, cargo and tourists headed to the White Continent

It is now illegal for the boss to send a message outside normal working hours, with a new labour law passed by parliament in a bid to create more work-life balance

Many service providers - telecoms, water, electricity, gas, waste disposal and even passenger transport - are now obliged to offer customers toll free or reduced-cost phone lines for customer service

For the first time in 20 years, SNS pharmacists have called a six-day strike, starting today and ending on 2 November, to obtain actions to meet the demands of the sector

The country's e-bike exports broke new records this summer, exceeding €85 million in value in July this year

For the fifth time Vilamoura Marina has been named 'International Marina of the Year' by The Yacht Harbour Association and the British Marine Federation

The country has officially become the most vaccinated against Covid-19 in the world; next target is to have 85% of citizens fully vaccinated by the end of the month

Ryanair will hire around 300 new employees in the country including flight crew, cabin crew and IT professionals; the announcement includes a dig at national airline TAP, which is currently involved in a controversial restructuring plan

The latest censuses carried out in the country indicate the beginning of the announced decline in the Portuguese population, which in 50 years will lose two million inhabitants, with great disparity between the inhabited urban centres and the increasingly